Pindrop Press is a boutique poetry press based in Kent, England. If you would like to purchase a copy of any of our books, please visit the author’s pages.

2011 is an exciting year for us. Our inaugural title, The Suitable Girl, is from South African poet Michelle McGrane. Michelle is the author of Fireflies & Blazing Stars (2002) and Hybrid (2003) and her poetry has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies.

One-eyed Pepek the Assassin is here, a magical collection from American writer Joyce Ellen Davis. Joyce is also the author of an award-winning poetry collection, In Willy’s House, a novel, Chrysalis, nominated for the American Book Award, and co-author of a poetry textbook, On Extended Wings.

Next up, Opening the World, a first collection from Dale Favier. Dale’s work featured in the anthology Brilliant Coroners and in ouroboros review. This beautiful book is now available. Visit Dale’s page to read reviews and a poem from the collection.

We have also signed up the very talented poet Sharon Black and her first collection, To Know Bedrock, is now in stock. Sharon’s work has been published in a variety of magazines and she has won many prizes for her poetry.

And we are thrilled that the amazing poet Abegail Morley has joined Pindrop! Her second collection Snow Child is a follow-up to the Forward Prize Best First Collection shortlisted How to Pour Madness into a Teacup and is now for sale — see Abegail’s page here.

Early 2012 will see the launch of Things that are Silent by Rethabile Masilo. Rethabile is a poet from Lesotho who is currently based in Paris. His work has appeared in a variety of magazines and online and he is the editor of Canopic Jar and blogs at Poefrika.

And we are delighted to announce that Sarah Salway has just joined Pindrop! Sarah is the new Canterbury Laureate, Royal Literature Fund Fellow at the London School of Economics and an acclaimed novelist. Her prize-winning poetry has been widely published. Her fabulous collection You Do Not Need Another Self-Help Book will be released next March.

Kiran Millwood Hargrave is an exciting new voice in British poetry. She is only 21 and already has a pamphlet to her name and in March 2012 Pindrop will be bringing out her first full collection, Last March — a project commissioned by the Scott Polar Research Institute to mark the centenary of Scott’s final expedition.

Another signing: Graham Burchell! Graham’s collection The Chongololo Club, based on his time spent teaching in Zambia, will be published in July 2011 and is a fantastic follow-up to Vermeer’s Corner. We’re very excited that’s he’s joining Pindrop.

As our first year in business draws to a close, Pindrop is thrilled to have signed up Emer Gillespie. Emer’s first collection The Invisible Eye will be published in October 2012. She is a talented novelist, scriptwriter and poet — please visit her page here to read more!

If you have a manuscript you’d like us to consider for 2012, please see our submissions page.

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